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MACMEFB AND METHOD OF BEARING EGG .GAE'QEF application mea apri; au. icas. serial no. massi.

To all whom t may concern Be it' known that l, EARL Wmiiair Konsnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county ot Heimepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented a new and useful Machine for and Method of Making Egg Cartons, of which the ollowing is aspeciication.

My invention relates to improvements in machine for and method of making egg cartons.

lfts object is to provide an eiiicient and durable machine of this kind adapted to receives. main strip of' paper board, also a pair of opposed supplementary strips 'of similar material and to print the main strip, crease the same longitudinally, cut said strip laterally to form carton blanks, form ockets from the supplerxientaryA strips, and a said pockets to the carton blanks.

A further object is to provide in a machine of this kind means for advancing a strip of paper boardtherethrough, mechanism for creasing and partially cutting the same to form a series, of connected carton blanks, mechanism forap lying and atlixing pockets to said blanks, anV means for detaching ysaid blanks, one from the other, prior to the delivery thereof -from said machine.

Another object is to provide a machine of this nature adapted to feed a main stri of paper board therethrough and supplie with mechanism adapted to form pockets from opposed strips of paper board and aix said pockets in parallel rows upon the main strip, the pockets in each row beingv y placed uniformly in overlapping relation with res ect tol each other.

A urtlier object is to provide in a machine of this kind, through which a main strip of paper board is fed, means for applying glue or the like to said strip in limited areas in certain zones, mechanism for supplying pockets to said'strip, means for uniformly placing the pockets upon said strip to prop' erly engage said glued areas and means for holding said pockets againstjthe strip as the same advances through the machine.

Anotherl object is to furnish a machine of this nature designed to receive a strip of paper board and supplied with means for creasing and cutting the same, means for applying glue thereto, mechanism for placing pockets upon the strip and means for aifixing the pockets to the strip, said creasing and cutting means and said aftixing means serving also' to advance the strip throu h the machine.

Wit the foregoing and other objects in view, which wil appear in the following description, the invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In `the drawings, a longitudinal central section of .my improved machine is illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,- said figures showing, in order, portions of the machine :from front to reas; Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are respectively views in planof the portions of the' machine illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and

3; Fi 7 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of Fig. 2 and shows the justifier, the mounting therefor and driving mechanism for turning the same; Fig. 8 is aV detailssectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 4; Fig. 9 is a detail view, artly in section, taken on the line 9'-9 cip Fig. 4;

Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view taken on" the line 10-10. of Fig. 5; Fig. 11 is a. view in elevation illustrating the male and female dies for creasing the main strip and cutting the same to form ia connected series of carton blanks; Figs. 12 and 13 are similar viewsl in detail showing .particularly tl'fv stri pers and actuating cams therefor; Fig.4 14 1s an end elevation' illustrating said Adies and strippers; Fig. 15 is an enlarged transverse sectional view, in detail, taken on the vline. 15-15 of Fig. 2; Fig. 16 is a view, in detail, illustrating the mechanism for'cutting pockets from a tubular strip andthe rolls for delivering said pockets to the main strip, also the justiier for correcting the positions of said pockets upon said strip; Fig. 17 is a detail sectional viewtaken on the line 17-17 of Fig. 16; Fig..18 is a. detail view showing the delivery rolls in the act of discharging a 'pocket therefrom; Figs. 19 and 20 are respectively front andside elevations of one of the towers and .mechanism thereon for forming al tubular structure from a strip of paper hoard; Fig. 21 is a diagrammatical view of the cutter roll and a section of a tubular structure therebeneath; Fig. 22 is a perspective view of one .of the pockets; Fig. 23 is a plan view illustrating the product of my machine and Fig.

24 is a perspective view thereof in folded l I have used the reference numeral 25 to 1ndicate the main frame of my machine, upon which is carried mechanism A for printing a main strip S of paper hoard, mechanism B for creasing and cutting the same to form carton blanks, mechanism C for gluing said strip, means D for placing pockets g, in rows, thereon, mechanism E for sealing said pockets on said strip, and take-odl means l? for breaking the. carton blanks from the main strip, all of said devicesheing pro pelled and (zo-ordinated in operation to' advance the strip of paper board through the machine.

Near the forward end ol the machine, (Fig. 1), ll provide a reel 26 'upon which a roll oli paper board is placed.. An upwardly inclined guide 27, mounted at its upper end on the trame 25 and at its lower end on a standard 28, is supplied at said lower end with a guide and straightening roller 29. Unthe frame 25 adjacent to the upper end of the guide 27 are three` langed guide rollers 30, 3l, and 32. The rollers 30 and 31 are journaled on the frame 25, while the roller 32 is journaled in arms 33 xed to a rock shaft 3d on said frame., @ne of said arms 33 carries aglever 35, which is supplied with a set screw 36 arranged to engage a notched quadrant37 on the frame 25. A roll of paper board on the reel 26 unrolls :trom the top, the strip being passed beneath the roller 29, through the guide 27, over the rollers 30 and31 and under the roller 32.

Said latter roller 'may he shifted by adjusting the lever to straighten or eliminate the bend in a strip under various conditions. Said roller 29 also serves, together with the guide 27 and the rollers 30, 31 and 32, in introducing the strip, in proper lateral position, into the machine.

The strip of paper hoard S passes from the roller 31 between a plate roll 38 and a pressure roll 39 of the printing mechanism A. Said plate roll 38 is mounted on a shaft l0 journaled in a suhlrame 25 and the pressure roll is mounted on a shaft 41 journaled in blocks 4:2 slidable in ways d3 in said subframe. A hevel gear 14: at one end of the shaft l0 meshes with a companion gear 4&5 on a power shaft 46 extending throughout the greater part of the length of the machine. @n the opposite end o'said shaft 40 is a spur gear t7, which meshes with a com panion gear 48 on the shaft 41. Thus, it

will he seen that power applied to the plate1 roll is transmitted in the opposite direction to the pressure roll. Bolts 49 in the subframe 25a, arranged to bear upon the blocks 42, serve to regulate the pressure of the roll 39 against the plate roll 38. Composition rollers 50 revoluble inthe subframe 25a-hear against the plate roll 38 and agaitnetfa distrilouting roller 51 on a shaft 52 in said suh- 'frame'. A vibrator roller 53 on a shaft 54':

engages said distributing roller constantly,

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while a roller 55, carried hy arms 56 on a rock-shaft 57, oscillates between the distributing roller 51 and an ink roller 58, in an ink well 59, mounted on a shaft 60 passing therethrough. shaft 52 of the distributing roller, meshes with an idler gear 62, which in turn meshes with a gear 63 on the shaft 41 of the plate roll. Said driving gear 61 also meshes with a larger gear 6i on a shaft 65 carrying a cam 66 and an arm 67. The cam 66 actuates a roller arm 68 on the oscillating roller shaft 57 and the arm 67 is connected through a link 69 with an arm 70 loosely mounted on the shaft 60 of the ink roller 58. A dog 71 on said arm 70 engages a ratchet wheel 72 fixed to said shaft 60 and, upon each oscillation of the arm 70, turns the inhingn roller 58. -A gear 73 (Fig. 8), formed hetween annular shoulders 74.-, a1s nrqed te the vibrator roller shaft .5t and meshes with a gear 7 5 ololiquely arranged upon a shaizt 76 revoluble in vertically slidahle blocks 77 in the subframe 25a, hut secure Vvagainst longitudinal movement therein. Rotation 'o the vibrator roller 53, due to its frictional oontact with the distributing roller 51 turns the gears 73 and 7 5, and said gears operate to reciprocate said vibrator roller longitudinally with respect to said distributing roller.

Near the printin mechanism il, and 4on the main iframe 25, l have placed a suhframe 25h in which male and female creasing and cuttin dies 78 and 79 are mounted.'Y 'The male` lie 78 (Fig. 11) consists of a roll mounted upon a shaft 8() journaled in said subrame 25h, while the female die 7 9 comprises a roll mounted upon ajshaft 81, journaled in blocks 82, slidahle in ways 83 in the "i sublrame 25. The shaft 80 is supplied at one end with a bevel gear 84 meshing with a companion gear 85 on the power shaft t6.'

@n the opposite end of said shaft is a spur gear 86, which meshes with a companion gear 87 on the shaft 8l. Power applied to the shaft 80 is transmitted to the shaft 81 in the reverse direction throughsaid 'spur gears'. Set loolts 88 threaded in' the -subframe 25b above the blocks 82 operate against the action of s rings 89 beneath saidl blocks and secure the iemale die 79 in desired proximity -to the male die 78. Annuler grooves' 9() in the roll 79 co-operate with annular ribs 91 on the roll 78 and form longitudinal creases in the strip of paper hoard passingfrom the printing mechanism A and between said rolls 7 8 and 79. Longitudinally aligned cutting elements 92 on opposite sides of the roll78 are adapted to cut the main strip laterally, but not sever said strip. Thus, it

will be seen that, upon each revolution of the die rolls 7 8 and 79 two connected carton lolanks are formed. llpon opposite sides oi" the roll 78 and et one end thereof are `cutting A driving gear 61, on the lll@ llO

elements 93 and 94. The former being designed to cut slits or locks 93A (Figs. 23 and 24.) in the cover flaps 98 of the blanks, and the latter to out thumb holes 94a therein. Olathe other end'and upon opposite sides of said roll 78 are cutting elements 95 designed to form loops 95 on the cover flaps 99 of the carton blanks. The inner ribs 91 form qreases 91 u onwhich the side member 96 1010i said blan s are' turned with respect to the, bottoms 97 thereof. The outer ribs 91 form creases 91" upon which the cover flaps 98l and .-99 of said blanks are turned -with respect to the sides 96 thereof. These creases .provide for readily shaping the cartons for use. To avoid dlfficulty 1n later severing the carton blanks and 4to remove the clippings from the cutting elements 95 at cuttin position, I pnovide strip ers 100. Eac

stripper comprises, a radia ly disposed lever 101 pivoted at its centerv in :a bearing 102 0n the end of the roll78. A roller 103, onv the inner end of the lever,'rides upon the face of a stationary cam 104 on the' subframe 25", said roller being yieldingly pressed against said cam by a spring 105 interposed between the roll 78 and said lever 101.' A grip 106 on the lever 101 is formed to press a c lip-` ping, from the cutting element 95, against the roll 78 and thus hold the same until released by the action of the cam 104 (Fig. 13).' Said cam is desi ed to withholdthe grip 106 from the rol 78 until said grip reaches a osition abovethe strip of paper board, whereupon said grip through an opening -107 in the roll 78 and against that portion4 of the strip to be severed by the cutting element 95. l

A stripof paper board having been printed by the mechanism A andcreased and cut between the rolls 78 and 79 is advanced by the action of both to the gluing mechanism C. This mechanism includes placer rolls 108 and 'supporting rolls 109 mounted on a shaft 110 journaled' in a subframe 25c and vdriven through a bevel gear 111 thereon from a companion gear 112 on the power shaft 46. The placer rolls 108 are'carried on a shaft 113 journaled in boxes 114 slidable in ways 115 in said subfr'ame. Said shaft 113 is supplied with a spur gear 116 meshing with a spur gear 117 on the end of the shaft 110 opposite thepowr shaft 46and is propelled throughsaid vgears in a reverse direction with res ect to the shaft 110. Set bolts 118 in the su frame 25c bear= is passed.

on a shaft 121 dip into a glue-pot 122 on the subframe 25. Said shaft 121v is removably mounted in bearings 123 on blocks 124 slidable in said subframe and is driven through a spur gear 125 thereon, which meshes with a spur gear 126 on the placer roll shaft 113. The blocks 124 are adjusted by manipulation of set screws 127, threaded in the subframe 25c and bearing against said blocks, and are secured in selected positions by hand nuts 128 on said set screws. The adjustability of the blocks 124 provides for shifting the gluing rollers 120 with respect to the placer rolls 108. Stripper rollers 129, one for each gluing roller, are carried on Var1ns130 pivotally mounted upon brackets 131secured to the gluing pot 122. Each arm has a spring 132, actingagainst one end thereof, to with- .through the machine. Said s aft 136 (Fig.

15) has a large spur gear 137 thereon meshing with a small spur gear 138 ona counter shaft 139 therebeneath. A pulley 140. on

'this counter shaft, carries a belt 141, which drivingpulley 142 of a passes over the motor 143.

Passing from the gluing mechanism C,

wherein' a strip is s otted with glue -in the zones forming the si es of thecarton blanks, said 'strip proceeds toward the followin mechanism for applying pockets to sai glued zones. This mechanism includes opposed duplicate combinations of parts, each being actuated through a Stub shaft 144 turned by a gear 145, propelled through an idler gear 146 from a driving gear 147. 0n one side of the machine, the driving. gear 147 is mounted upon the power shaft-46 while on the other side of the machine, said gear is mounted on a stub shaft 148 having a bevel gear 149 thereon in mesh with a companion gear 150 on the transverse power shaft 136. To each stub shaft 144, above mentioned` I apply a bevel gear 151 and a spur gear 152` the former meshing with a bevel gear 153 on a suitably journaled shaft blocks being de teissed, by means of set screws 161 in sai members to vary the pressure between said vfeed rollers and 159. rThe spur gear 152 on each shaft 144 meshes with a gear 162 on a suitably journaled sha-ft 163 carrying thereon a lower cutterA roll 164. Sa id gear 162, in turn, meshes with a: spur gear 165 angularly adjustable on a shaft 166 having an upper cutter roll 167 formed thereon. This shaft 166 is journaled in blocks slidable in ways (not shown) in the subframe 25d, said blocks being depressed by means of set screws 168 in said subframe to attain the desired pressure of cutting blades 169, seated in the periphery of said upper roller, against the lower cutter roll 164. Upon the end of the lower cutter roll shaft 163, opposite the gear 162, is a spur gear 170 which meshes with a small gear 171 on an idler shaft 172 carrying a larger gear 173. Said larger gear 173 meshes with a' spur-gear 174 on a shaft 175 journaled in the subframe and having 'a lower delivery roll 176 formed thereon. A. shaft 177 formed with an upper delivery roll 178 thereon is journaled in blocks 179 slidable in ways 180 in the subframe 25d (Figs. 16 and 17) and carries a spur gear 181 'meshing with a similar gear 182 on the end of the lower delivery roll shaft 175y opposite said gear 174. Above each block 179 is a yielding shim 188 having a cover plate 184 therefor, against which a set screw 185 bears. blocks 179 in the ways 180 and vary the pressure of the upper delivery rolls 178 against the pockets passing between said rolls and the rolls 17 6 therebeneath. rlhe pockets referred to are sections cut from a flattened tubular structure Gr, formed by twin devices H (Figs. 19 and 20), and fed to the cutting rolls 164 and 167 by the feeding rollers 155 and 159. Fig. 16 illustrates the relative positions ofthe cutter rolls and delivery rollers. A tubular structure Gr fed from the feeding rollers 155 and 159, passes between lsaid cutter rolls and delivery rollers. The cutting blades 169 in the roll 167 are e ually spaced and so arranged as to sever t e tubular structure. as the end thereof passes between the delivery rollers 176 and 178, thus forming a pocket or cell g for delivery to one'of the gummed zones,

on the main strip of paper-board, passing in front of said delivery rollers. 1n this connection it will be noted that a longitudt nal depression 178d in each roller 178 provides a free opening between the delivery rollers 176 and 178 to receive the forward side of a pocket as it is severed from the tubular structure G. The gearing above described, for driving the delivery rollers is geared up to increase the carrying speed y thereof with respect to the speed of the feeding rollers 155 and 159. Progressing These set screws seatthe Merano from the position shown in Fig. 16, the delivery rollers 176 and 178, grip the pocket, carry the saine forward and deliver it upon the main strip in position overlapping the preceding pocket. Pins 186 in the lower roller 176 are located so as to abut against the rear side of a pocket, as the same passes from the grip of the rollers. These pins throw the pocket forward and the rear side thereof downward, thus accelerating the movement of said )ocket in its fall to the main strip S. Sai pins 186 mesh with the depressions 178a in the upper delivery rollers 178 and thereby avoid interference with the raised portions of said rollers.

' To Acorrect the positions of the pockets g upon the carton blanks, li supply rotary gauges 187 and-co-operating rotary justifiers 188hoth co-ordinated with the dies 78 and 79 and the gluing mechanism C and adapted to space the pockets equally and in proper positionsupon-the gummed carton blanks. A. yoke 189 slidable vertically inthe subframe 25 and yieldingly depressed by a spring 190 carries a transverse shaft L 191 (Fig. 7), the rotary gauges 187 being mounted upon the opposite ends thereof in positions to; roll upon the rows of pockets delivered to the main strip S. Mounted in forward extensions 189 of the yoke 189 is a shaft 192 and tiltably mounted on said shaft is a justifier frame 193. Ja shaft 194, journaled in said frame, carries the justifiers 188 at the opposite ends thereof, each justier being aligned with its companion rotary gauge `187. Power for turning the gauges 187 and justiiers 188 is procured .from the power shaft 46 as follows: A vertical idler shaft (lig. 10) journaled in the frame, is supplied at its lower end .with

gear 208 meshes with a gear 204 on the gauge shaft 191 and said gear 204, in turn, meshes with a gear 205 on the shaft 192 pivotally joining the justifier frame 193 with the yoke extensions 189a. A second gear 206 on said shaft 192 meshes with a driving gear 207 on the justier shaft 194. 'lhis gearing from the power shaft 46 to the gauges 187 and justiiiers 188 is designed so that the peripheral speed of the former is equal to the speed of the advancing carton blanks, while the speed of the latter is somewhat accelerated with respect thereto. Each justifier 188 comprises opposedarms, each being supplied with a trailing finger 188, A. connecting rod 208, carrying a spring A. spur gear i frame.

memes said rod. The movement `of the deliveryv rollers 176 and l17 8 is timedl so that each set discharges a pocket, whenNthe justifiers have passed from vertical positions toward the horizontal. justifier frame 193 place vthe pockets g laterally in their fall to the main strip S. In the next half revolution vof the justiers 188 the fingers 188a on the dependinglarms thereof, brush against said pockets and urge the same forward against the lower stop 213` in the rotary gauges 187. These stops 213 comprise grooves cut diagonally across the faces of the rotary gauges 187. Adjustable slides 214 under the main strip S and yb eort the main:r

neath the justifiers188, sup strip against pressure exerte bysaid justiers. Each slide consists of a lever, pivoted on a shaft 215, and supplied at the forward end thereof with a set screw beneath a cross-piece217 on the frame 25.

Carrying and sealing mechanism E receives the main strip S after the pockets g are properly placed thereon. This mechanism comprises two setsof coactlng endless belts 218 and 219. In each set, the adjacent runs of said belts- 'p for one of the zones on the stri bearmg a row of pockets g. `The belts 1n each set pass between lopposed series of pressure rollers ulleys 222 and tightening rollers 223, the ower belts being extended forward beneath 'the rotary gauges 187 to support the strip S therebeneath. The pressure rollers 220 are carried upon shaftsl 224 journaled in the frame, the shafts upon which the upper series of rollers are mounted being yieldingly journaled in said frame. 'Ihe lower terminal pulleys 221 are carried on a driv- 1n are earned on a shaft 225 journaled in blocks 226 slidable in said subframe and yieldin ly depressed by springs 227, the tension o which is altere by means vof ,adjusting screws 228 threaded The drivingshaft 221 is propelled through a gear 229 meshin with a ar 230 on lthe power shaft 46 an turns t e shaft 225 throu h intermeshing ears 1231 and 232 respective y mounted on said shafts 221i and 225. The tightening rollers 223 are )ournaled in forks 233 pivoted on the frame and terminating in arms 234. These armsserve to shift said forks and fixed bolts 235 passing through said arms and adjacent slotted quadrants 236 secure the forks and main# tain the desired tension in the belts 218-- and 219. -t the rear of the terminal pulleys 221 are upper and lowertake-olf rollers 237 Floating guides 212 on the- 216 bearing form a yielding traveling 220,' over terminal pulleys 221, idlerv shaft 221journaled in the subfralme 25", while the upper terminal pulleys l221 in' the tuband. 238l between which the main strip S passes. The lower rollers 238 are mounted upon a shaft 239 journaled in the subframe 25f, said shaft being driven through a bevel ear v240 meshing with a bevel gear 241 on t e power shaft 46. The upper rollers 237l lare. mounted upon a shaft 242 ournaled in blocks 243 slidable vertically 1n said subframe and depressed b adjusting screws 244 threaded therein. is driven through aospur gear 245 b a. spur gear 246 `on said lower shaft 239. e carryin 2381s greater than the carryin speed of the coacting belts 218 and 219, w .ereby the aid upper shaft 242.

speed of the takefo' rollers 237 and carton blanks are severed .from the -eon-l nected series of blanks in the main strip, as

.said blanks issue from the pocket sealing mechanism E. Guides or channels 247 passin from said mechanism E to the take-o iro `1ers 237 and 238 direct the severed cartons in their course toward the end of the machine.

`The tubular structures Gr, from which the pockets `q'are severed, are formed by mechanism in twin towers 'H, located upon opposite sides and near the middle of the machine. Each' tower comprises a frame 25h. At the rear of the frame is al reel 248 upon which a roll of paper-board is placed. T is board is unwound from the bottom of the roll, the strip AGr* passing upward and over a drum 249v on-,the top ofthe tower, thence horizontally forward between creasingv rollers 250 and 251, thence ,downward between pressure rolls 252' and 253 and thence to the feeding rollers 155 and 159 on one side of the machine. The4 lower creasing roller 251 is formed with annulargrooves 254 therein and is mounted upon a shaft 255 journaled in brackets 256 on the subframe 25h. The up er creasing .roller 250 has annular ribs 25 upon the Vperiphery thereof, said ribs being arranged to turn in said annular grooves 254. Said creasing roller 250 is mounted on a shaft 258 journaled in boxes 259, slidable vertically in. thebrackets 256, and depressed by adjusting screws 260 threaded in said brackets. As the tubular structure is fed into the machine by the feeding rollers 155 and 159, the creasing rollers 25,0, and 251 are turned by frictional contact ofthe strip Gl'therewith.

Gears 261 and 262 connect the roller shafts' 258 and 255 anda ar 263 onsaid lower roller. shaft 255 mes es with an idler gear 264, in turn meshing with a gear 265 n a 4shaft 266.journaled in a glue box 267. A.

gluing wheel 268 on this shaft'266, dips into v glue within the box 267 and sup hes the saine to the lower margin on one s1 e of the strip GrLA as the same passes over said wheel.

A guide wheel 269, adjustably mounted in arms 270 on the brackets 256, vholds the st 1n contact with vgluing wheel 268. Guire wheels 271 and 272 mounted respectively on shafts 273 and 27 4f, on the front of the tower, receive the margins of the strip G1 and turn the same rearwardly on the crease lines formed by the rollers 250 and 251. stationary guide or way 275 beneath said creasing rollers 250 and 251 turn the margins of said strip, one over the other, prior to the introduction of said strip to the pressure rolls 252 and 253, between which said overlapping margins are sealed together. rllhe ressure roll 252 is journaled in brackets 276 on the tower, while the rolls 253, two in number, are journaled'in yokes 277 pivoted on said brackets. Set screws 278 threaded in vthe frame 25h and bearing against said yokes, provide for increasing or diminishing the pressure of the rolls 253 against the roller 252.

.Changes in the specific form of my invention, as herein disclosed', may be made Within the sco e of what is claimed without departing rom the spirit of my invention.

Having described myl invention what l claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. ln a machine of the class described, a pair of endless belts arranged so that adjacent reaches thereof coact to carry carton blanks fed thereto, means for applying an adhesive material to certain portions of the carton blanks, means for delivering folded pockets upon the treated port-ions of said blanks, a gauge and a justifier coacting therewith and adapted to correct the position of said pockets upon said blanks, said carrying belts serving-also as sealing elements to secure the pockets in corrected positions upon said blanks.

2. In a machine of the class described, a pair of endless belts arranged so that adjacent reaches thereof ,coact to carry carton blanks fed thereto, a series of supporting rollers on the inside of one reach of one belt and a series of yielding supporting rollers on the inside of the companion reach of the other belt, means for applying an adhesive material to certain portions of the carton blanks, means for delivering folded pockets upon the .treated portions of said blanks, a gauge and a justifier coacting therewith, and adapted to correct the position of said pockets upon said blanks, said carrying belts serving also as sealing elements to secure the pockets in correct positions upon said blanks.

3. lin a machine of the class described, means for advancing carton blanks therethrough, means for applying an adhesive material to certain portions of the carton blanks, means for overlapping the margins of a strip of paper and sealing the same together to form a flattened tubular structure, a cutter to sever sections or pockets from ,said

naarden structure, feeding rolls for moving the strip to form the same and also introduce it to said cutter, delivery rolls arranged to place the pockets upon .the treated portion of said blanks, a yielding rotary gauge having stops in the periphery thereof and revoluble yielding justitiers having arms co-ordinated with the stops in said gauge and adapted to correct the positions of said pockets upon said blanks.

4. In a machine of the class described, means for advancing carton blanks therethrough, means for spotting saidblanks with an adhesive material, a cutter, feeding rollers for introducing a flattened tubular stretcher to the cutter, said cutter being designed to sever sections or pockets from said structure, deliveryrolls arranged to place the 'pockets upon the treated portions of said blanks, agauge with stop therein, justifier i.

having arms co-ordinated with the stops in said gauge and adapted to correct the positions of said pockets upon said blanks.

5. ln a machine of the class described,

means for advancing carton blanksv thenethrough, means for applying an adhesive material to certain portions of the carton blanks, means for delivering folded pockets upon the treated portions of said blanks, a gauge, a revoluble, yielding justifier having arms adapted to engage and shift the pockets against said gauge to correct the positions thereof and an adjustable support beneath the path of the carton blanks arranged to slidably support the blanks against said justifier.

6. In a machine of the class described,

means for advancing carton blanks therethrough, means for applying an adhesive material to certain portions of the carton blanks, means for delivering folded pockets upon the treated portions of said blanks, a yielding rotary gauge having stops in the periphery thereof, arranged to ride upon the pockets on the moving blanks and a revoluble, yielding justifier having arms co-ordinated with the stops in said gauge and adapted to correct the position of said pockets upon said blanks. 7. ln a machine of the class described, means for advancing carton blanks therethrough, means for applying an adhesive material to certain portions of the carton blanks, m'eans for delivering folded pockets upon the treated portions of said blanks, a gauge above the moving blanks and a justiier co-ordinated with said gauge and adapted to correct the position of said pockets upon said blanks.

8. ln a machine of the class described,

`means for advancing carton blanks therethrough, means for applying an adhesive materlal to certain portions of the carton blanks, means for delivering folded pockets upon the treated portions of ysaid blanks, a

form pockets, said mechanism being co' ordinated with said carton advancing means and also with means for placing said pockets uniformly upon the treated areas of said blanks.

10. In a machine of the class described, means for advancing carton blanks therein, means for applying glue to said blanks, means for delivering pockets, comprising strips joined at their ends and folded von two 4lines of fold to the treated portions of the carton blanks, a revoluble gauge co-ordinated in movement with respect to the carton advancing means and a kicker adapted to co-operate with said gauge in placing the pockets uniformly upon said cartons.

11. In a machine of the class described, a frame, means thereon adapted to crease and partially cut 'a strip of paperboard to form a connected series of carton blanks and to advance said strip in said machine,

means for applying an adhesive substance to certain portions of the strip, mechanism for placing ockets upon said portions of said strip and) means for pressingthe pockets against the strip, said means also serving to carry the strip through the machine.

12. In a machine of the class, described,

a frame, means thereon adapted to .crease and partially cut a strip of paper board to form a connected series of carton blanks and -to advance said strip in said machine, means for applying an adhesive substance to cer.-

tain portions of said strip, mechanism for placing pockets upon said portions of said strip, carrying means adapted to press the pockets against the strip and additional mechanism of increased .carrying speed adapted to break the cartons from the strip and deliver the same, i'n spaced relation from the machine.

-means for applying an adhesive substance to the strip prior to the application of said pockets thereto and means for pressing the pockets against the treated strip.

14. A machine including mechanism adapted to carry a series of carton blanks therethrough, means for applying liquid glue to certain areas of said blanks and means co-ordinated with said carrying mech.- anism forl placing pockets upon the glue treated portions of said blanks.

15. In a machine of .the class described, carrying .means to advance vcarton blanks therethrough, means for applying glue to thecarton blanks, mechanism for folding the margins of a strip of paper board together and gluing the same to form a flattened tubular structure anda knife for cutting sections or pockets from said tube, delivering mechanism arranged to feed said pockets upon the treated portions of said blanks, said carrying means being further adapted to seal said pockets upon the blanks.

16. In a machine of the class described,

means for carrying carton blanks `thferethrough, means for feeding pockets upon the carton blanks and means for securing said pockets to said blanks. 17. -In a machine of the class described, means for carrying carton blanks therethrough, rollers arranged to feed a attened, tubular, 4paper-board structure into the machine, cutting mechanism designed to rec'eive and sever sections or pockets from said tubular structure, delivery rolls adapted to receive said pockets and deliver the same upon the passing blanks and means for securing the pockets upon the blanks.

18. The method of forming egg cartons, comprising the cutting of a moving strip of paper board to form a connected series of carton blanks, applying an adhesivematerial to said strip, spotting Vpockets on the treated portions of the moving l`strip, sealing said pockets in planted positions and breaking the leading pocket equipped carton blank from said stri 19. The method ofP forming egg cartons, comprising the cutting of a moving strip of paper board to form a connected series of carton blanks, atliXing pockets to the moving strip and breaking the leading blank from said strip following the application thereto of said pockets.

20. The ,method of forming egg cartons consisting in applying pockets to a moving strip of paper board and severing the .strip transversely to supply carton blanks therefrom following 'the application thereto of said pockets.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

EARL WILLIAM KOESER. 

